Begonia herbacea

Begonia herbacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia
Sectio: B. sect. Trachelocarpus
Species: Begonia herbacea

Name

Begonia herbacea Vell., 1831.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Begonia attenuata var. herbacea (Vell.) Brade, Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, Bot. 1: 7. 1944.
  • Begonia herbacea var. typica Irmsch., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76: 38. 1953, nom. inval. & nom. inadmiss.
• Heterotypic
  • Begonia attenuata Klotzsch ex Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 101 (1866), nom. illeg.
  • Begonia herbacea var. ellipticifolia Irmsch., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76: 38 (1953).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil SE. Brazil References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Vellozo, J.M.C. 1831. Florae Fluminensis Icones. Rio de Janeiro 10: t. 53. ("1827")
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Begonia herbacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Begonia herbacea. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 13 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Begonia herbacea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Begonia herbacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

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